Hey, I'm Sysrex 👋

I build distributed systems and blockchain infrastructure — with a focus on modular blockchains, consensus protocols, and zero-knowledge cryptography. Currently working at Celestia.

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🔧 What I work with

Languages

Blockchain & Protocols

Cryptography

Zero-Knowledge Proofs · PLONK · KZG Commitments · FRI · zk-SNARKs

Distributed Systems

BFT Consensus · HotStuff · Tendermint · Reliable Broadcast · Total-Order Broadcast

AI / ML

Transformers · LLMs · Deep Learning

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📚 Currently studying

• 🔐 Applied cryptography & polynomial commitment schemes (Boneh-Shoup, Thaler's Proofs, Arguments, and Zero-Knowledge)
• ⚙️ Concurrent & distributed computing (consensus, NBAC, group membership)
• 🦀 Advanced Rust patterns (Rust for Rustaceans, async Rust)
• 🧮 Abstract algebra & the mathematics underpinning ZK systems

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🌐 Focus areas

Modular blockchains    ████████████░░░  Data availability & DA proofs
ZK cryptography        ██████████░░░░░  Proof systems, polynomial IOPs
Consensus protocols    █████████░░░░░░  BFT, finality, safety/liveness
Systems programming    ████████░░░░░░░  Rust, async, concurrency

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"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." — but in Rust, the limits are just the borrow checker.